[Asterisk-biz] Strategic Alliance

[Mark Armstrong]

Well said Michael.  If you have your own Sales and Marketing approach, then
make a strategic decision not to engage in this type of relationship.  If
you don't then evaluate the opportunity and assess it on it's merits, and to
yourself. 


Regards
 
Mark 

-----Original Message-----
From: asterisk-biz-bounces at lists.digium.com
[mailto:asterisk-biz-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Michael Blood
Sent: Sunday, 11 September 2005 4:53 AM
To: 'Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion'
Subject: RE: [Asterisk-biz] Strategic Alliance

I am a bit surprised that people are so critical of an expanding business
asking to pay another company for services.

We have had to turn down clients before because they were shady,  had bad
credit and weren't willing to make a deposit or just weren't willing to pay
enough for services but it seems to be a poor business move to turn down a
potential customer based on payment terms that you have not discussed.  
What if the payment terms were twice what you were getting for your current
services.
What if you could create an entirly new support department in your business
based on the volume of work this brought to you and you didn't even have to
pay the sales and marketing department to bring this work to you.
There are tons more "what ifs" here, but you will never know the answer
because you have already decided they weren't worth talking to based on
information you didn't even have.

My 2 cents,

Michael
 
  
> -----Original Message-----
> From: asterisk-biz-bounces at lists.digium.com
> [mailto:asterisk-biz-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of asterisk 
> groups
> Sent: Saturday, September 10, 2005 3:32 AM
> To: Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion
> Subject: RE: [Asterisk-biz] Strategic Alliance
> 
> 
> Folks- It seems Gary is looking to outsource some of the heavy lifting 
> of his operations. Plenty of outfits do that, nothing wrong with it.
> 
> For those of you that meet the criteria it sounds like a good 
> opportunity.
> 
> Gary- Not sure how easy it will be for you to find that "one stop 
> shop" but you might talk to the folks at Voipsupply.com.
> They likely could help you with the equipment provisioning.
> 
> Good luck.
> 
> On Fri, 2005-09-09 at 23:06 -0400, Gary Lawrence wrote:
> > Just to clarify a point:
> > 
> > What I am looking for is one company I can go to for all
> the technical
> > work and hardware for complex Asterisk installations. They will 
> > present themselves to my clients as my company, to me that is a 
> > "Strategic Alliance".
> > 
> > I am not looking for a banker. I'll pay for a package of
> support hours
> > in advance and will pay for all hardware when ordered,
> either by bank
> > transfer, credit card, paypal or whatever is required.
> > 
> > Sincerely,
> > Gary Lawrence
> > ITcom.Net
> > 866.4ITcom1
> > 866.448.2661
> > 
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: asterisk-biz-bounces at lists.digium.com
> > [mailto:asterisk-biz-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Paul
> > Sent: Friday, September 09, 2005 10:19 PM
> > To: Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion
> > Subject: Re: [Asterisk-biz] Strategic Alliance
> > 
> > Paul wrote:
> > 
> > > Again, they would deal with him to get income. Anybody with 
> > > intelligence would want money up front or outstanding
> credit report
> > > before proceeding.
> > >
> > I should mention that an outstanding credit report is one
> that means I
> > my bank will immediately loan me at least 50% of whatever
> you owe me at
> > a good interest rate. It also means that I could easily sell unpaid 
> > invoices without discounting them too much.
> > 
> > Some people posting here should just say "I am looking for
> an engineer
> > that also wants to be a banker"
> > 
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